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Table 2 Mean pre-treatment HV (cm/yr) by first- and second-year HV SDS groups

From: Characteristics of children with the best and poorest first- and second-year growth during rhGH therapy: data from 25 years of the Genentech national cooperative growth study (NCGS)

IGHD (n = 1044)

ISS (n = 680)

 

Second-year HV SDS

 

Second-year HV SDS

First-Year HV SDS

< −1

−1 to +1

> +1

Total

First-Year HV SDS

< −1

−1 to +1

> +1

Total

< −1

4.8

4.7

 

4.7

< −1

4.3

5.4

 

4.9

−1 to +1

4.4

4.7

4.2

4.6

−1 to +1

4.4

4.6

4.8

4.6

> +1

 

3.7

4.0

3.8

> +1

 

3.7

4.5

3.9

Total

4.5

4.5

4.1

4.5

Total

4.4

4.6

4.6

4.6

  1. HV, height velocity; IGHD, idiopathic growth hormone deficiency; ISS, idiopathic short stature; SDS, standard deviation score.